Afghanistan

Iraq

Iraqi detainees await an unknown fate in the Diyala River Valley. Photo by Les Neuhaus.

Chad

Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno delivers a speech at a rally a day after a coup attempt in the capital, N'Djamena, during April 2006. AP photo by Les Neuhaus.

Iraq

U.S. troops set up a road block at night in northern Iraq. Stars and Stripes photo by Les Neuhaus.

Ethiopia

... With Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., near the border with Djibouti in eastern Ethiopia in 2006. I covered the good senator for two days in the Horn of Africa. Photo by U.S. Dept. of State staff.

Afghanistan

A U.S. soldier severely injured during a battle in Afghanistan lies helplessly as doctors tend to his wounds. Moments after this photo was taken he was awarded his second Purple Heart Medal. His first Purple Heart came during a tour in Iraq. Stars and Stripes photo by Les Neuhaus.

Ethiopia

'Brother Guide' of Libya, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, strides and struts down the red carpet after disembarking his airplane at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in Jan. 2007. Photo by Les Neuhaus.

Iraq

An Iraqi policeman is seen here in Baghdad after being shot dead by insurgent fire coming from a nearby rooftop. His friend and fellow policeman, seen grieving, was sitting next to him when he was killed minutes before in front of me. Stars and Stripes photo by Les Neuhaus.

Chad

This is a photo of a refugee from the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur as he sits in a camp in eastern Chad smoking tobacco from a hookah. Photo by Les Neuhaus.